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[robinturner]

Found this in kiad's userinfo (I don't know whether she agrees with it or not - probabaly not, judging by the other quotations)

The motto of the Royal Society of London is 'Nullius in verba' : trust not in words. Observation and experiment are what count, not opinion and introspection. Few working scientists have much respect for those who try to interpret nature in metaphysical terms. For most wearers of white coats, philosophy is to science as pornography is to sex: it is cheaper, easier, and some people seem, bafflingly, to prefer it. Outside of psychology it plays almost no part in the functions of the research machine.''
(Steve Jones, University College, London)
From his review of How the Mind Works (by Steve Pinker) in The New York Review of Books (pages 13-14) November 6, 1997.

Typical psychologist reaction. They're stuck with a pre-paradigmatic science, so they sling mud at anything that sound unempirical. Physicists don't have this inferiority complex, and so don't slag off philosophy.

Comments

Re: science & philosophy

[solri.livejournal.com]

I agree. Cock sucks. I like the Greek, phallos. It sounds almost noble, like a character in a fantasy novel. "Phallos prepared, broadsword in hand, to meet the minions of the evil Lord Khok."

BTW, Turkish has a range of words, depending on size and maturity.

• pipi - only used for babies and toddlers


• chük - anything small and/or pre-pubescent


• sik - all-purpose, the equivalent of "prick"


• yarak - huge dong ready for action

There are also some nice idioms; for example, "sikimde degil" = "not in my penis" = "I couldn't care less"; "sikine takma" = "don't attach it to your penis" = "don't worry about it."

Re: science & philosophy

[watermelonpunch.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I always find gender-specific idioms fascinating. Particularly when they're male-specific, because I don't always fully understand (or perhaps I just don't fully feel) the connection, I think.

"don't attach it to your penis"

That's an excellent one. I might say that to some men I know when the opportunity, ahem, arises.